Gaddafi's Life in Photos
The Libyan dictator reported died Thursday after a gun battle. See photos of his life.
Col. Muammar Gaddafi in 1969, the year he rose to power in Libya.
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Former Egyptian President Gamal Abdel Nasser and Gaddafi in 1969.
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Gaddafii in 1975 at summit of the Organization of African Unity (OAU).
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Gaddafi in Paris, France in 1973.
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Gaddafi and his second wife, Safia, wave to crowd in 1985.
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Gaddafi wore a white glove during the first session of a conference of Arab leaders in Algeirs in 1988.
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Gaddafi and Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak in Cairo's Tahrir Square in 1990.
Farouk Ibrahim / AP Photo
Gaddafi at at wreath-laying ceremony in Minsk in 2008.
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Gaddafi with President Barack Obama at the G8 summit in L'Aquila, Italy.
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Gaddafi at a ceremony in 2009 marking the birth of the Muslim Prophet Mohammad.
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Despite advances by the Libyan rebels, Gaddafi greeted supporters in Tripoli with a victorious gesture on April 10, 2011.
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Libyans carrying Gaddafi's portrait of Moammar Gadhafi inside a hotel in Tripoli, Libya, Tuesday, Aug. 23, 2011 as the former rebels stormed the capital.
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